Charlie Parker has been given several pairings of electric shock while listening to the Debbie Gibson song "Reverse Psychology," and thus, has been successfully conditioned to react with anxiety to the song. Now, instead of being paired with the shock, the song is paired with a flashing green light (a previously neutral stimulus). If Charlie still reacts with anxiety when the green light is
flashed without the song, he will have ____.?
a. ?been shaped
b. ?displayed higher-order conditioning
c. ?displayed spontaneous conditioning
d. ?successfully discriminated stimuli
ANSWER:
b
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